Antelope mask "wan-nyaka"

Burkina Faso, Mossi / Samo / Dafing

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Provenance

Duke University, Durham / North Carolina, USA
Mark Eglinton, New York, USA

Size

H: 54 cm

H: 21.3 inch

Description

wood, pigments, handwritten inventory number “1979.55.3” and label

This mask with curved horns and bold medial facial crest shows a combination of features from different animals (antelope, rooster).

For a comparable mask, attributed to the Samo or Dafing, see Roy (2007), ill. 164.

Roy, Christopher D., Land of the flying masks, München 2007, ill. 164

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